(23197) Danielcook Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 1 September 2000 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Daniel Kenneth Cook (b. 1989) was awarded second place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for his environmental sciences project. He attends the Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.Naming citation (20070828/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Danielcook is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Danielcook is 2.05 au from the Sun and 1.53 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23197 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 RA62 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 4.02 km (#12,686 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.250 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.51 |
| Orbital period | 3.84 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.99 – 2.91 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.187 |
| Inclination | 2.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.978 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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